District of



, COLU Mein. Laim Patent No. 89,751, ama May 4, ieee.

AIMPRovEMnN-I' IN COTTON-Grin l The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingV part of the same, y

, it known that I, CHARLES Louis FLnIscHMANN, in thecounty-of Washington, city of Washington, District of Oolumbia, have invented a new and improved T o it ma/y concerns- Cotton-Gin; and I do hereby declare that the following is affull and exact description thereof, reference being had to' the accompanying drawings, and `to the letters of reference marked thereon, of which; Figure lis a perspective view of the cotton-gin.

Figure 2, -a` side view thereof, with the frame r e moved. p f

Figure 3 represents apart of the grate. Y Figure 4, a sideV view of the cam which works the connectingrod.` f- 1 'n n l Figure 5,thecam which operates the oscillating block. The nature of my. invention consists in forcing the cotton-seeds between the spaces of grate-bars,-in such amanner that theV fibre remains "inside of. the grate,

and the seeds outside, .in order that they canbe .operated upon and held bya proper apparatus, while the stripper separates them from the iibre, whereby I am enablednto gin short vasv well aslong-stapled cotton, without breaking or injuringtheibre.`

` To 'enable others skilled in the art `to make and use myinvention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. V f p V 5 l A is the feedingfrollen over which isplaoed the hopper B. n i r i In frontof the roller `Ais'placed the grate-plate 0,

to which is attached a number of vertical grate-bars,

' The grate-bars are thin, very narrow on the top, and u enlarge. in width as they approachthey base, in order to allow the seed to pass and project beyond the gratebars,and,when the cotton is pushed down toward the base of the grate, that the cotton gets compressed between the narrow spacesof the bars. (See figs. 1, 2,

and 33) 'The gratefbars are `not straight, but follow partly and, below the The bars are fastened, by bolts;` l1 b b b, Suc., to the beam E, in suoh a manner thatthe bre can easilyl pass down between thebars. (See figs. 2 and 3.)

To, push the cotton down held between the bars, I usea` broad, thin, metal plate, which'I call the holder. i il Theholder"Fextendsacross the front ofthe grate, The holder-plate is fastened" to two arms, c, and d o l;whichswingeelymon he pivots e and fof the oscilitungtitane.` f i l "lhe oscillating block turns in the sides of the frame, at g and h,

The holdenF has/two distinct movements. a verti-v cal and a horizontal one.

, -The vertical motion is produced by means of a conl meeting-rod, H, which is secured on the top t'o the arms c vand d, and below it has a knob, i, (see the dotted lines in iig. 2,) 4which fits the cam I, cut in the side of the disk (See g. 4,.)

vIhis disk is placed on the axle L.

When the disk K turns, the cam 'I forces the conheating-rod to rise and descend, giving the required y vertical movement to the holder.

The' horizontal-or oscillating motion is produced by the lever M, which is fastened to the block G, and pressed, by the spring N, against the cam O, (see iig. 5,)placed onthe axle L, gs. 1 and 2.

' The stripper P consists of a bar, k, from which projects a number of hooks, ll l l l l, Btc., which take hold of the seeds, and, by their quick, short motion, separate `them from the fibre. t

The stripping-motion is produced by a continuous set of cams, m m mm, 85e., cut in the periphery'of the disks K and Q, whichareplaced on the axle L. Between these cam-disks, the vibrating-rod It is l suspended from its fulcrum, at fn.

lThe upper end of the vibrating-rod It is securedin the horizontal lever S, which has its fulcrum at o, and is fastened to the stripper P by a bolt, p. (See gs.

"l and 2.) v Y Below the roller A is a partition, T, which prevents the dust or seed-cotton which may pass between the 'roller A and the grate ,to be mixed with the clean cotton.

, n he partition U separates the seeds from the clean fibre. 'Y i Operation.

pushes the seeds into the spaces between the bars a; a. da a a, and draws it down toward the base of the grate.

`On oneend of the roller A is placed a band-wheel,l `V, which is connected with the band-wheel W 0n the -roller D by a Vcross-band, X, moving said roller in a contrary direction of roller A, keeping thus the cottonseed continually close under the base of the grate-bars, and carrying the loose, clean ibre in the compartment below the partition T.

'lo push the cotton down between the bars, and to hold it tight while the stripper P separates the seed, are the functions of the holder F. To accomplish this, the holder has a horizontal, oscillating, and a vertical motion, already described above, viz: when it ascends, itis made to recede from the grate, to clear Vthe seeds ,projectingv from the bars; kwhen it has reached its I highest position, it moves forward cioseto the grate, to take hold of the seeds, and to carry them down in its descent, whereby the cotton-fibre is compressed in the narrow spaces of the grate; and when it reaches the top of roller D, the fibre is drawn under the grate,

while the holder keeps the seeds very firm, for the stripper to take them off from the fibre. The stripper P strikes short blows, in rapid succession, by the meehanioal arrangement deseribed above. The loosebre is carried, bythe roller D,in the spaee beneath it, and the seeds failein front of said rolier.

The required rapidity of the moving Aparte is produced by the small band-wheel Y, placed on theaxle L. (See fig. l.)

This band-wbeel is connected, by a band, with the large band-wheel Z, on the axle of the roller D.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure 4. The holder F, when actuated by the devices;

shown, or equivalent means, for producing the vertical and horizontai motion herein described,

5. 'lhe vstripper' P, in combination with the roller D and holder F, substantially as herein described.

' GHS. L. FLEISCHMANN. Witnesses:

G. SPERBER, Gr. .Lmsnouem 

